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diff --git a/lib/libc/net/if_indextoname.3 b/lib/libc/net/if_indextoname.3
index a0d4beb..adf82cb 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/if_indextoname.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/if_indextoname.3
@@ -57,11 +57,9 @@
.Fn if_freenameindex "struct if_nameindex *ptr"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The functions map interface index to readable interface name
-.Po
-such as
-.Li ``lo0''
-.Pc
-, and vice versa.
+(such as
+.Dq Li lo0 ) ,
+and vice versa.
.Pp
.Fn if_nametoindex
converts readable interface name to interface index
@@ -76,13 +74,11 @@ argument must point to a buffer of at least
.Dv IF_NAMESIZE
bytes into which the interface name corresponding to the specified index is
returned.
-.Po
-.Dv IF_NAMESIZE
+.Dv ( IF_NAMESIZE
is also defined in
-.Li <net/if.h>
+.Aq Pa net/if.h
and its value includes a terminating null byte at the end of the
-interface name.
-.Pc
+interface name.)
This pointer is also the return value of the function.
If there is no interface corresponding to the specified index,
.Dv NULL
@@ -94,7 +90,7 @@ returns an array of
structures.
.Fa if_nametoindex
is also defined in
-.Li <net/if.h> ,
+.Aq Pa net/if.h ,
and is as follows:
.Bd -literal -offset
struct if_nameindex {
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